LIVING WOODFrom buying a woodlandto making a chair
4th Edition Mike Abbott
LIVING WOODFrom buying a woodland to making a chair
First published in 2002, Living Wood is both a practical manual andan inspirational guide, updating much of the information included inMike’s best-selling book, Green Woodwork.
Living Wood covers:• becoming a green woodworker – Mike’s story, from playing in the
woodlands to owning a share in a woodland in Herefordshire;• buying, managing and harvesting a woodland;• developing woodland facilities, including tracks, steps, huts, a
barn, a kitchen and a compost toilet;• setting up a woodland workshop – plans for a shelter and updated
designs for a shaving horse, a pole lathe and other green wood-working tools and devices;
• making ladderback chairs, including cleaving, steam-bending andtechniques for ultra tight joints without glue;
• seating chairs with bark and with cord;• a comprehensive list of suppliers, woodland organisations and
books.
Now in its 4th edition, Living Wood includes an inspiring selection ofphotographs of Mike’s latest workshop at Brookhouse Wood.
‘If you are dreaming of buying a wood, have already bought one, orjust love woodland, Living Wood is a book that will inform your mindand lift your spirits.’
Small Woods Magazine, 2002
LIVING WOOD BOOKSwww.living-wood.co.uk£16.95
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